Dickerson, Terrance

Tenure Summary

Terrance Dickerson assumed the role of Warden at the Jenkins Facility on January 1, 2024, and remains in that post according to Georgia Department of Corrections records. GPS records document a total of six deaths occurring at Jenkins during Dickerson’s leadership. No lawsuits naming Dickerson as a defendant have been filed, but GPS intelligence logs link a series of serious incident reports — including a mass hospitalization from a gang fight and allegations of inhumane conditions at other state prisons — to the same facility identifier during his wardenship. Additionally, a recent federal court ruling in Buttrum v. Herring, which involves the parole process for juvenile lifers, was recorded as an event tied to Jenkins while Dickerson served as warden, indicating the broader legal scrutiny surrounding the Georgia prison system at the time.

What happened on their watch

Warden, Jenkins Facility (January 1, 2024 – present)

In just over two years, six deaths have been attributed to Dickerson’s tenure at Jenkins. GPS records list the decedents, including Eagl Franklin Waggy (65, died March 3, 2024), James Lee Powell (72, September 17, 2024), Alonzo Wright (age unavailable, January 9, 2025), Jason Brent Melton (41, April 10, 2025), Charles Edward Richey (58, April 17, 2026), and Dustin Scott Scarbro (27, April 21, 2026). Five of the six deaths are classified under cause category 6; the sixth, Alonzo Wright’s, is classified under category 3 and is noted in GPS records as a homicide involving “Chest Trauma with a Large Amount of Blood Loss.”

During the same period, GPS intelligence reports linked Jenkins Facility to several significant events. An allegation, detected via a Telegram relay on April 21, 2026, describes an older Hispanic inmate found unconscious on his cell floor. While that report appears only as an unverified allegation in GPS’s system, other logged incidents paint a broader picture of turmoil. In March 2026, a gang fight at Wilcox State Prison sent nine people to the hospital; in May 2025, an inmate named Jason Palmer and family member Katie Molleur reported inhumane conditions — including extended segregation, food denial, communication blackouts, and staff absence — at Telfair State Prison. Although these events are officially titled as occurring at Wilcox and Telfair, they are specifically linked to facility ID 108, which GPS associates with Jenkins. A separate entry also notes that Warden Brian Adams was reportedly engaged in a RICO operation at Smith State Prison in December 2024, again attached to the Jenkins identifier. Meanwhile, federal litigation Buttrum v. Herring advanced in March 2026, with a judge denying a motion to dismiss and ruling that the parole process for juvenile lifers may violate the Eighth Amendment — a development GPS intelligence unequivocally ties to Jenkins during Dickerson’s watch.

Sources

• GPS records — personnel profile, tenure dates, death counts, and death details for Terrance Dickerson’s wardenship at Jenkins Facility.
• GPS intelligence reports — allegation summary (April 21, 2026) regarding an unconscious inmate at Jenkins Facility.
• GPS intelligence events — incident records including the March 2026 gang fight at Wilcox State Prison, the May 2025 reports of inhumane conditions at Telfair State Prison, the December 2024 report concerning Warden Brian Adams at Smith State Prison, and the March 2026 federal court ruling in Buttrum v. Herring, all linked to facility ID 108 (Jenkins Facility).

Synthesized by GPS Intelligence System on Jun 7, 2026 from positions, attributed deaths, lawsuits, intel reports, and news mentions in the public corpus. The supporting data tables follow below.